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Rhymes with Orange
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Rhymes with Orange
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Re: Rhymes with Orange
Jehan Shamsid-Deen's MDQ in November 2009 during the Tournament of Ten asked what the Blorenge(a rare example of a word rhyming with Orange, according to the text of the question) was
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Choices were Irish River, Scottish Forest, Welsh Mountain, or Australian Desert. She stopped and took her previously won $250K, but she would have said Welsh Mountain, which was the correct answer. Her stopping allowed Sam Murray to win the million(it was the Friday show of said week)
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Re: Rhymes with Orange
Since Blorenge is a place name, it technically isn't a "word" that rhymes with orange; however, the OED does give a semi-rhyming word for orange:zachhoran1 wrote:Jehan Shamsid-Deen's MDQ in November 2009 during the Tournament of Ten asked what the Blorenge(a rare example of a word rhyming with Orange, according to the text of the question) wasSpoiler
Choices were Irish River, Scottish Forest, Welsh Mountain, or Australian Desert. She stopped and took her previously won $250K, but she would have said Welsh Mountain, which was the correct answer. Her stopping allowed Sam Murray to win the million(it was the Friday show of said week)
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sporange (pronounced "spuh-RANJ", not "SPOR-inj" as in "orange"), a somewhat obsolete synonym for "sporangium" (a small sac that produces or carries spores)
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